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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
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726 LMT food grains lifted and nearly 690 LMT food grains distributed under PMGKAY
About 10% of transactions take place through portability One Nation One Ration Card Plan
The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ms Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed about the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana ’ the Government of India, Department of Food and Public Distribution  started distribution of ‘additional’ and ‘free-of-cost’ food grains  to around 80 Crore National Food Security Act  beneficiaries.
As per the phase wise distribution reports available from the States/UTs, so far, a cumulative total of about 726 Lakh MT of food grains have been lifted and nearly 690 Lakh MT food grains have been distributed by the States/UTs. Year wise and food grain wise figures are shown below:
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Year wise
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Lifting % against Allocation
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Quantity Distributed in LMT
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Wheat
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Rice
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Total
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FY 2020-21
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95%
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102.4
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196.2
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298.6
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FY 2021-22
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96%
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184.5
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206.6
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391.1
A Statement showing State/UT-wise inter-State and intra-State portability transactions since inception of ONORC plan is at Annexure.
About 10% of such transactions take place through portability One Nation One Ration Card Plan.
The primary responsibility of beneficiary outreach and awareness generation under NFSA/ PDS has been entrusted to the States/UTs. All States/UTs have been requested to undertake wide-spread publicity and awareness of PM-GKAY and ONORC plan. The Department has also shared various IEC  materials about ONORC with all States/UTs for regular awareness generation through Fair Price Shops and other public places of importance. Further, the Department also undertakes wide-publicity of ONORC through regular press releases and through Social Media. All States/UTs have also been requested to enable a dedicated 14445 toll-free number for ONORC operations for information dissemination and other matters pertaining to portability of ration cards. States/UTs are also requested to promote awareness about ‘Mera Ration’ Mobile application that has been developed by the Department, in association with NIC, for the benefit of NFSA beneficiaries.
ANNEXURE
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State/UT wise Inter-State and Intra-State portability Transactions
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States
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Total Intra-State Portability Transactions
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Total Inter-State Portability Transactions
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Total Inter-Intra Portability Transactions
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ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
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15,091
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199
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15,290
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ANDHRA PRADESH
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9,62,88,126
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3,193
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9,62,91,319
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ARUNACHAL PRADESH
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1,124
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137
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1,261
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BIHAR
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17,88,29,488
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13,329
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17,88,42,817
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CHANDIGARH
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-
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187
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187
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CHHATTISGARH
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1,44,889
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47
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1,44,936
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DELHI
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47,36,890
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16,89,605
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64,26,495
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GOA
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19,938
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9,096
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29,034
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GUJARAT
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18,30,921
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1,00,487
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19,31,408
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HARYANA
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2,37,50,504
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2,65,909
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2,40,16,413
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HIMACHAL PRADESH
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960
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22,654
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23,614
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JAMMU AND KASHMIR
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6,36,409
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15,294
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6,51,703
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JHARKHAND
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16,99,982
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11,070
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17,11,052
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KARNATAKA
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3,86,77,177
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15,465
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3,86,92,642
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KERALA
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3,64,65,424
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10,741
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3,64,76,165
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LADAKH
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-
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188
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188
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LAKSHADWEEP
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122
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54
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176
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MADHYA PRADESH
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1,81,52,823
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13,134
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1,81,65,957
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MAHARASHTRA
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3,21,26,222
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1,29,876
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3,22,56,098
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MANIPUR
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1,505
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14
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1,519
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MEGHALAYA
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-
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49
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49
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MIZORAM
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1,924
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4
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1,928
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NAGALAND
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10,450
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318
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10,768
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ODISHA
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38,002
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787
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38,789
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PUDUCHERRY
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-
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1
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1
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PUNJAB
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38,26,986
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10,280
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38,37,266
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RAJASTHAN
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7,20,58,541
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14,814
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7,20,73,355
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SIKKIM
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4,503
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300
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4,803
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TAMIL NADU
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15,71,962
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4,950
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15,76,912
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TELANGANA
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5,73,80,836
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11,147
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5,73,91,983
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THE DADRA AND NAGAR
HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU
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1,15,658
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47,381
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1,63,039
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TRIPURA
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5,96,857
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7,996
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6,04,853
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UTTAR PRADESH
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4,68,56,037
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35,372
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4,68,91,409
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UTTARAKHAND
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-
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30,676
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30,676
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WEST BENGAL
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-
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260
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260
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Total
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61,58,39,351
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24,65,014
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61,83,04,365